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How to Build Better Relationships with the Health Insurance & Payer Communities

HIT Consultant

Jessica Badichek, Chief Informatics and Compliance Officer, MediTelecare. To understand how we can satisfy the needs of both patients and payers, we’ll have to take a step back and look at the relationship between payer communities and telehealth services. Modern healthcare is an intricate dance between quality and quantity.

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Is OSHA Hazard Communication Standard on “The Bucket List”?

Compliancy Group

In the fiscal year ending in September of 2022, at least 62 citations were issued, resulting in $103,000 in fines for healthcare and social services businesses. Did you just dilute a cleaning solution, or did you create deadly chloramine gas by mixing bleach and ammonia? appeared first on Compliancy Group.

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How IT leaders are reimagining and repurposing technologies to handle new challenges

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"This includes the entire patient experience – scheduling, registration, ambulatory visits for primary and specialty care, inpatient services, discharge, follow-up, care in step-down facilities, home care, education, and wellness," she explained. "Then, use what you have and integrate your services," she said.

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OIG Approves Cash Equivalents Paid to Patients Participating in Contingency Management Program Offered Through Digital Health Technology

Health Care Law Brief

When there is the potential for patients to receive items and services payable by Federal health care programs (FHCPs), CM incentives are subject to scrutiny under the Federal anti-kickback statute (AKS) and the Beneficiary Inducements CMP. The funds cannot also be converted to cash at ATMs or gas stations.

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Why Hospitals Need a Healthier Approach to Sustainability

HIT Consultant

The Problem: Recognizing Hospitals’ Impact on the Environment “Healthcare organizations can no longer ignore their contributions to greenhouse gas emissions,” reads a recent statement accompanying the climate change standards proposed by The Joint Commission (TJC). Hospitals also produce a lot of waste.

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Coding for Pulmonary Function Tests

Medisys Compliance

There are several CPT codes related to spirometry, which healthcare providers use to bill for this service. 94012: This code is used for a spirometry test with a bronchodilator, which measures how much air a patient can exhale before and after using a medication that opens up the airways.

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Weekly Health Care Real Estate Briefing: Government Plans to Define “Zero Emissions” Building for the Real Estate Industry | 10 Largest Non-Profit Nursing Home Providers I MOBs Remain an Attractive Investment

Hall Render

The definition is part of a plan to create uniform guidelines for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The building industry accounts for 1/3 of all greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. The Biden administration announced a new initiative that would prohibit unpaid medical bills from affecting American’s credit scores.